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Hua Yanjun he is not.
a poem

Cherry Blossoms yes.
Sakura makes me pensive.
Songs and plants both.
And so does Abing’s China*

Takes me back to the Dogwoods of my childhood
Pink and Purple
Or blue to someones’ eye maybe.

One guy tries to show
He’s culturally aware
Where it comes to China
So he founds a festival

He calls it MatsuriFest
Despite its translation as Festival Fest
Like an ATM machine,
Or automatic teller machine machine.
Not to mention that’s Japanese, not Chinese.

And I’ve never seen a Tanuki

*Refers to the 1996 book Musical Creativity in Twentieth Century China:
Abing, His Music, and Its Changing Meanings by Jonathan P.J. Stock